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In the Battle of the Greens, Hornet Just Overtook Lantern

By Dustin Rowles | Posted Under Trailers | Comments (31)

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I understand that sometimes studios leave the more sophisticated or nuanced trailers for International audiences, and give us the spoiler versions that detail most of the movie, but why would the studios hold back their bad-ass versions of the trailer? At least they got this one out two months before release.

This is the latest for Green Hornet and, frankly, after seeing the first one about 3,000 times in front of the latest releases, a fresh trailer was desperately needed. And this one looks good folks; they wisely play up the humor in this one, and add a music track that elevates the whole mess. I never thought I’d want to see a Seth Rogen movie more than a Ryan Reynolds one (oh, actually, that’s not true at all, but it sounds good, right?), but I’m more stoked now about Hornet than Lantern.

Take it away, Kato.










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Comments

Gimme!!!! I wanna!!!!

Posted by: schmerpes at November 22, 2010 10:47 AM

These previews played back-to-back before The Deathly Hallows and Mrs. Kballs and I were shocked to find ourselves MUCH more excited about Hornet. Loved the line about Kato wasting his talents, and anything that conjures memories of Bruce Lee is nice.

But Mrs. Kballs had to ruin the good mood by mooning over RR in the middle of a packed theater. I swear, if he and Joel McHale ever team up for a movie, my wife's vagina will detonate.

Posted by: Kballs at November 22, 2010 10:49 AM

Dear Ryan Reynolds,

I think you should suck it. You should suck it so long and hard that you gag on it -- so long and hard that the next time you look in the mirror, you're ashamed of what you see peering back through those vacant, pretty eyes -- so long that the next time you pray to your god, who has surely abandoned you, and ask him why Seth Rogen has the best "green" trailer since An Inconvenient Truth, the only answer you get is the hollow echo of your own sarcastic voice bouncing back at you off the pearly-white cum-colored gates of heaven. Abs don't make a super-hero, dick-hole. So suck it. And like it. And ask for seconds.

Love,
Sinestro

Posted by: Sinestro at November 22, 2010 10:50 AM

...and what Sinestro said.

Except "pretty eyes". It just makes me uncomfortable when a man has the eyes so close to the nose, as if he had two sets of nostrils. They should be on the sides. And bigger. But he's the sexiest man alive now. Welcome to Jude Law's career.

Posted by: schmerpes at November 22, 2010 10:58 AM

So . . . the sidekick does everything? I like my heroes more . . . heroic.

Posted by: Lauren at November 22, 2010 11:00 AM

That looks really good. It'll be the first movie I see in a theater since Iron Man 2.

Posted by: Lucas at November 22, 2010 11:01 AM

I was entertained by the trailer. Looks good.

Posted by: FordbiddenDonut at November 22, 2010 11:11 AM

VINDICATION, MOTHERFUCKERS

Posted by: HappyGobo at November 22, 2010 11:13 AM

I'd be more excited if they weren't trying SO DAMN HARD in the action sequences. The camera-flipping, the slow-mo, that wierd kaliedescope-like effect they keep using... it's all a bit too much. It still looks like a fun popcorn night kind of movie, but not one I'll run to see in theaters. I'm still down for the lantern, since I liked the character, and my wife moves her some Reynolds.

Posted by: Markus at November 22, 2010 11:14 AM

kballs, I had the same experience at Deathly Hallows. This trailer REALLY makes me want to see Green Hornet - the music, the overall premise, car, the Kato, the Kato, and the Kato, whereas the Green Lantern trailer made me LESS interested in that film. The only part of the GL trailer that had any resonance for me was the voiceover of "in brightest day, and blackest night" at the very very end, otherwise it looked pretty awful. Blake Lively's line readings make Katie Holmes in "Batman Begins" look like Meryl Streep.

Posted by: Edith at November 22, 2010 11:21 AM

I am, however, worried by the January 12th release date. Isn't that usually Uwe Boll territory?

Posted by: Edith at November 22, 2010 11:22 AM

my wife moves her some Reynolds
Markus, I think your wife should see a doctor about that.

Posted by: Jim Doggie at November 22, 2010 11:31 AM

I believe this still looks like a big January dump on the cinematic landscape.

There are three types of January releases. First are the "Oh crap, the contract says we have to release the film" releases, which usually turn out mediocre on a good day. Second are the foreign/indie/low-budget films that otherwise can't get a foothold in a mainstream movie chains that probably won't earn any money but it doesn't hurt to try. Third are the prestige films opening slightly wider than LA/NY if the reviews and precursors justify expansion to non-film professional/critic markets.

I don't see no subtitles/cloud-gazing or FYCs in the trailer, so that can only mean option for this film.

Posted by: Robert at November 22, 2010 11:33 AM

Rogen's Shlubby Stoner persona is already somewhat inexplicably catnip to me, but Shlubby Party Boy Plus Over-the-top Fight Sequences And Snarky Humor? With sweet, sweet soundtrack and slick camera work??

**Down, Lady-Boner, down.** It got hot in here, all of a sudden, didn't it?

... I may have a problem.

Posted by: Tammy at November 22, 2010 11:40 AM

Why is his one-inch punch so,....magical?

Posted by: sars at November 22, 2010 11:43 AM

*Phew*! I was worried there for a minute. I mean, I have to see it because it's a Michel Gondry movie, but now I want to see it because it looks like a lot of fun.

Posted by: ChristianH at November 22, 2010 11:48 AM

Not even the presence of Cameron Diaz will stop me from seeing this.

Posted by: Ballymena Bob at November 22, 2010 12:21 PM

We saw this attached to HP7, and we both agreed it looked like it could be pretty awesome. Or pretty horrible.

But that shit's all about Kato. It should be called Motherfucking Kato and the Green Hornet.

Posted by: figgy at November 22, 2010 12:36 PM

I know that I am HARDLY the first one to point out Cameron Diaz's de-evolution, but what the fuck happened to her (besides getting older, which I can gladly accept in normal doses) between The Mask/A Life Less Ordinary and all her recent fare?

That is not just aging...THAT looks as though her face is morphing into one of those terrifyingly Gothic comedy/tragedy masks. It's just weird.

P.S. Plus I can't stand her midsection. It looks like a rotten piece of Spam.

But I still can't wait to see this movie, rotten Spam aside.

Posted by: AngelheadHipster at November 22, 2010 1:00 PM

really Sinestro? REALLY!?!?!? you can suck it, yellow bastard.

Posted by: Ryan Reynolds at November 22, 2010 1:09 PM

I AM MAGENTA, GODDAMMIT!

Posted by: Sinestro at November 22, 2010 1:33 PM

Looks enjoyable. Seth Rogen is just goddam adorable.

And is that the Nazi guy from "Inglourious Basterds" as the bad guy here?

Posted by: Slash at November 22, 2010 2:04 PM

Yes, Slash, it is Christoph Waltz! YES!

Posted by: shanmarie at November 22, 2010 2:37 PM

Jay Chou's acting doesn't look as horrible as everyone in Asia says it is. But his speech delivery worries me from genuinely anticipating this movie. I have this feeling that the actual "...but I don't want to touch you" bit will not be as amusing in the movie itself and instead falls quite...flat.

That being said, I'd totally love to be his speech and diction coach (as I'm sure a large percentage of other Asian American girls also want to be after seeing this trailer. Hm.)

Posted by: kiyo-chan at November 22, 2010 3:12 PM

Looks dumb a shit.

Posted by: John W at November 22, 2010 7:26 PM

Definitely looks like fun, but it would be better with more Christoph Waltz and less Jay Chou. He makes a pretty photo, but the appeal evaporates the moment he starts moving/talking.

Posted by: Shibuyama at November 22, 2010 7:28 PM

So Kato's the Green Hornet, right? RIGHT?!

Are you sure?

Posted by: ceejeemcbeegee at November 22, 2010 10:03 PM

FINALLY they came out with a better trailer....I'm soooooo stoked!! Jay Chou wooooooohoooooo!!

Man I'm too excited for my own good...

Posted by: bjlove at November 22, 2010 10:25 PM

kato is always the best part....

Posted by: maxpurr9 at November 22, 2010 11:32 PM

That is some of the lamest shit I've seen in a while. It truly is the same bullshit we have always seen from this stoner and his crew, except now, he's wearing a mask.

Posted by: BarbadoSlim at November 23, 2010 6:59 AM

Sinestro, Sinestro, let's do be honest shall we? You've always been more lavender than magenta, but then a rose by any other name and all that. Let bygones be bygones and don't hold it against old RyRy that he wouldn't return your calls. I mean, who can blame him? Have you SEEN how huge your forehead is? Sin, Sinny, Sinnnnnnnnnnnnerino, amico mio... have you ever thought of maybe wearing a hat or something? Maybe let the bangs grow out a bit? Update the hairstyle a bit? That 1930s look never really worked for you, you know. Just sayin'. You know, between friends and all. Well, it's been a blast. Toodles! Give my love to those wacky little yellow guys!

Posted by: The Joker at November 23, 2010 7:52 PM